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Berlie Doherty


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Berlie Doherty is a unique voice in children's literature. Twice winner of the Carnegie Medal, Berlie has been acclaimed for the "emotional honesty" of her writing. Junior Bookshelf describes her as a writer "who uses language as if it has been newly invented" .
 

Genres: Young Adult Fantasy
 
New and upcoming books
September 2024

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The Seamaiden's Odyssey
 
Novels
   How Green You Are! (1982)
   The Making of Fingers Finnigan (1983)
   White Peak Farm (1984)
   The Children of Winter (1985)
   Granny Was a Buffer Girl (1986)
   Tough Luck (1987)
   Tilly Mint and the Dodo (1988)
   Spellhorn (1989)
   Requiem (1991)
   Dear Nobody (1991)
   Street Child (1993)
   Willa and Old Miss Annie (1994)
   The Vinegar Jar (1994)
   The Snake-Stone (1995)
   Daughter of the Sea (1996)
   Trickster Tales (1998)
   Sailing Ship Tree (1998)
   The Famous Adventures of Jack (2000)
   Zzaap and the Word Master (2001)
   Holly Starcross (2001)
   Jeannie of White Peak Farm (2003)
   Tricky Nelly Nickleby (2003)
   Deep Secret (2003)
   Abela (2007)
   A Beautiful Place for a Murder (2008)
   Treason (2011)
   Wild Cat (2012)
   The Company of Ghosts (2013)
   The Girl Who Saw Lions (2018)
   The Haunted Hills (2020)
   The Seamaiden's Odyssey (2024)
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Collections
   Tilly Mint Tales (1984)
   Walking on Air (poems) (1993)
   Trouble At the North Pole And Other Stories (1996) (with others)
   Tales of Magic and Wonder (1997)
   Running on Ice (1997)
   Nightmare: Two Ghostly Tales (2009)
   Haunted (2011) (with others)
   War Girls (2014) (with others)
   Classic Fairy Tales (2016)
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Anthologies edited
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Plays show
 
Picture Books show
 
Chapter Books show
 
Non fiction show
 
Anthologies containing stories by Berlie Doherty
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Love Hurts (1994)
edited by
Miriam Hodgson

Awards
Carnegie Medal Best Book winner (1987) : Granny Was a Buffer Girl
Carnegie Medal Best Book winner (1992) : Dear Nobody
Blue Peter Book Award Book of the Year nominee (2009) : Abela: The Girl Who Saw Lions


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